Eau De Vie - Delegation

Len Coley and
Roddy Harris formed DELEGATION in Birmingham, during the mid 70’s later adding
Jamaican born Ricky Bailey whose voice was to give them added flair on lead
helping them to compete in the competitive UK Soul Market.

The Group
worked with one of the UK’s most prolific hit makers of the 70’s and 80’s, Ken
Gold, responsible for masterminding The Real Thing as well as writing and
producing for artists such as The Nolans, Liquid Gold and Billy Ocean who
secured a deal with State Records after which the group released a few UK
singles with moderate success.

However, when
Oh Honey hit the US charts in 1979 it scored an incredibly impressive top 50 US
Pop chart position and smoothly grooved all the way to #6 in the US R&B
charts helping the album enter the Billboard Hot 200 and make #8 on the US
R&B album chart.

DELEGATION
later moved to Ariola Records while changing their lineup with Len Coley being
replaced with Bruce Dunbar, a Broadway Musical singer who starred in the
musical "Hair" before joining the band, bringing with him his captivating
falsetto, so well suited to DELEGATION’s smooth funky sound. Once they had
drafted in the arranging talents of keyboard virtuoso, Lynton Naismith,
DELEGATION went to work on 'Eau De Vie' which would go on to become their
highest selling album achieving a Gold Record status in 1980.

Notable songs
on this album include the groovy first single, PUT A LITTLE LOVE ON ME full of
raw Funk bass lines and smooth Lynton Naismith organ paired with dazzling and
driving yet subtle guitar licks giving it a slight Calypso groove. This winning
formula was continued into the second single YOU AND I, with the guitar coming
forward and the group really showcasing their vocal chemistry from the opening.
DELEGATION turned up the disco for HEARTACHE No 9 adding a powerful string and
horn section to a track that is currently receiving an overdue renaissance on
the UK club scene.

BBR is very
proud to bring you EAU DU VIE, completely remastered and repackaged complete
with liner notes and extended bonus content.

Released in
deluxe Super Jewel cases, EAU DU VIE is a must have for all Soul and Funk and
Jazz fans out there!

1. HEARTACHE
NO. 9
2. SHO’ NUFF SOLD ON YOU
3. ONE MORE STEP TO TAKE
4. BLUE GIRL
5. DARLIN (I THINK ABOUT YOU)
6. YOU AND I
7. STAND UP (REACH FOR THE SKY)
8. WELCOME TO MY WORLD
9. PUT A LITTLE LOVE ON ME

With a career spanning more than 4 decades and numerous appearances in the charts and the music award circuit, Grammy Hall Of Fame inductee, Patti LaBelle sealed her fate as one of the great American Divas. Patti LaBelle started singing at church and later formed a singing group called Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles, later know as LaBelle. Patti and her group enjoyed many chart hits during their 15 years together including their number one, gold selling single Lady Marmalade.

In 1979 Patti LaBelle released her 3rd solo effort for Epic Records. It’s Alright With Me enlisted the production and writing genius of Grammy Award Winner, Skip Scarborough. The album had a long run of chart success and reached #33 on the US R&B charts along with the albums title song scoring a top 40 R&B position. The R&B/disco stomper Music Is My Way Of Life soon became an ultimate disco classic. BBR is proud to present this wonderfully repackaged and newly remastered expanded edition of Patti LaBelle’s, It’s Alright With Me complete with extensive liner notes with interviews and added bonus tracks.

Odyssey's classic 1977 debut album finally makes it to CD for the first time anywhere in the world! The album is one of the ultimate cult classics for soul, disco and seventies pop fans, as well as many Native New Yorkers! The album was a Top 40 Pop and Top 20 R&B hit on it's original release and set the scene for their huge success in the UK and Europe. Singles included the anthem Native New Yorker as wel as the disco classic Weekend Lover, Easy Come, Easy Go and Hold De Mota Down.

This newly re-mastered edition features extensive liner notes and two bonus remixes. This long sought-after CD re-master is a must for all the Soul and Disco fans!

When you hear the name La Toya Jackson all sorts of thoughts spring to mind. Her nude appearances in Playboy, shopping with exotic snakes draped around her shoulders, tell-all books, psychic hotlines and all manner of bizarre stories reported in the tabloid newspapers of the late 1980s and early 90s. Scandal and intrigue have always surrounded La Toya, from her radical transformation from the Jackson's shy sister into a worldwide sex symbol, to her recent re-emergence as a key supporter of her brother Michael during his 2005 trial. The last thing that probably springs into most people's minds is her music. There's a lot more to Grammy Award winning La Toya than just her body-she has a lot of soul too. In this, her 1980 debut album, listen out for ‘Night Time Lover', produced by her brother Michael; the exquisite ‘My Love Has Passed You By', featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica; ‘Are You Ready', written by Billy Ocean; and the lead single ‘If You Feel The Funk'. The first, ever British release of La Toya Jackson's self-titled album, over 25 years after it was first released in America and Europe in 1980. Including contributions from her brother Michael, sister Janet, Stevie Wonder and Billy Ocean, this is the first release from Cherry Red Records new imprint Cherry Pop, committed to rediscovering the best 80's pop albums and artists.

Kool And The Gang needs no introduction. They were the top selling Soul group of the 80s and have sold over 70 million albums world wide and have received countless awards. Without them we would not have such great hits as Summer Madness, Get Down On It, Celebration and who could forget that slammin funk monster that featured so heavily in Quentin Tarantino's cult flick - Pulp Ficton; Jungle Boogie. Kool & The Gang was started by two brothers, Robert Kool Bell and Ronald Bell along with five friends in 1964. After some time playing the growing Jersey City Jazz coffeehouse scene and spots like Café Wha? in New York City, performing alongside other yet-to-be famous talents of the time, Kool & The Gang were signed to Redd Coach Records in 1968 and a year later were recording for the small subsidiary label, De-Lite Records. The 1970s was a busy and fruitful decade for the group, with Kool & The Gang, releasing twelve studio albums, two live albums and appearing on numerous occasions across the charts. 1976 saw Ricky Westfield leave the group to form his own band, North East South West, and would also mark the end of collaborations between the original seven members of KOOL & THE GANG. Later that year the group released Open Sesame which features the up-tempo single Superband which gained a top 20 R&B chart spot and the title track which reached #6 R&B and #55 on the US pop charts and soared to #13 on the Dance chart and was later featured in the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever.

TJM better known simply as TOM MOULTON, the J standing for his middle name Jerome, became the key remixer of the disco era. Starting off by making longer versions of tracks that eventually led to the invention of the Disco break and the extended 12" Disco Single. TOM MOULTON was born in 1940 in the town of Schenectady near Albany N.Y. and grew up listening to black music of the time falling in love with it so much he quit school to work in a record store. Tom held a sales and promotion positions at King Records, RCA and United Artists. TOM MOULTON was also responsible for the first ever continuous-mix album side which first appeared on Gloria Gaynor's seminal Disco album, Never Can Say Goodbye (also available on BBR!) which led to him being labelled as the Father of the Disco Mix BBR is proud to present this classic reissue of TOM MOULTON’s solo production album. Recorded at the Legendary Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, TOM MOULTON's first production for Casablanca Records, TJM, reached #17 on the US Dance charts collectively and features former Temptation Ron Tyson on lead vocals and arrangements from the legendary Hip Hop producer Arthur Baker. BBR is proud to present TJM fully remastered and repackaged complete with extensive liner notes including a 2011 interview with Tom Moulton himself and expanded bonus material.